BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 5/14/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 4 0 0 0 .275 F.Robinson LF 3 1 2 1 .271
P.Runnels 2B 4 0 1 0 .265 D-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .375
W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .280 F.Bolling 2B 3 0 0 0 .274
Y.Berra C 2 0 0 0 .234 B-D.Gernert PH 1 0 0 0 .286
S.Amoros RF 3 0 0 0 .259 C-D.Blasingame 2B 0 0 0 0 .348
B.Skowron 1B 3 0 0 0 .217 M.Mantle CF,RF 4 1 1 1 .401
H.Lopez 3B 3 0 0 0 .233 C.Maxwell RF 2 0 0 0 .342
A.Dark SS 3 0 1 0 .308 A-J.Piersall CF 1 0 0 0 .299
D.Donovan P 2 0 0 0 .292 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 1 0 .295
B.Turley P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Bailey C 4 0 1 0 .287
K.Boyer 3B 3 0 0 0 .312
J.Logan SS 3 0 1 0 .328
F.Lary P 3 0 2 0 .250
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Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 31 2 8 2
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Maxwell In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bolling In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Gernert In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Robinson In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 0
Pirates (23-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Donovan LOSS(3-5) 7 7 2 2 2 7 2 120 4.55 A1 D2
B.Turley 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.69 D3
Totals 8 8 2 2 2 8 2
Athletics (28-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Lary WIN(5-3) 9 2 0 0 2 8 0 106 4.26 A1
Totals 9 2 0 0 2 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 21,224 DATE- Friday, May 14th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:00
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 3 Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- G.Hodges(7th)
HOME RUNS- F.Robinson(5th), M.Mantle(14th)
RBIs- F.Robinson(15th), M.Mantle(41st)
WALKS- Y.Berra, D.Donovan, F.Robinson, C.Maxwell
STRIKE OUTS- P.Runnels, W.Mays-2, B.Skowron-2, H.Lopez, D.Donovan-2, F.Robinson,
F.Bolling, D.Gernert, M.Mantle, G.Hodges, E.Bailey, K.Boyer,
J.Logan
GIDP- B.Skowron
RLISP 2-out- K.Boyer, D.Gernert-2, E.Bailey
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 0 for 0 Athletics: 1 for 4
Frank Lary threw a 2 hit shutout at Municipal Stadium where the Kansas City
Athletics beat the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 2 to 0.
Lary(5-3) simply dominated Pittsburgh. He gave up just 2 hits and 2 walks in
9 innings improving his ERA from 4.90 to 4.26. Kansas City totaled 8 hits on
the night.
Dick Donovan(3-5) took the loss. 'Lary pitched a gem of a game', Andy Spector
recounted. 'He kept our batters off balance the entire game.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
M.Minoso-A1 A1:F/7 B1:P/6 *6*:G/43 *9*:F/7
P.Runnel-A1 A2:K *4*:Si C2:G/3 D2:G/3
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/31 B3:K C3:K D3:G/53
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/31 B4:F/9 *7*:W>b1
S.Amoros-A1 A5:L/4 B5:P/4 C5:F/9
B.Skowro-A1 A6:K *5*:K C6:G-DP/5
43>1o
H.Lopez-A1 *3*:G/13 B7:L/6 *8*:K
A.Dark-A1 A8:F/7 B8:Si C8:G/53
D.Donova-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:K C9:K
B.Turley-D1
F.Robins-A1 A1:HR>b# B1:W>b1 C1:K D1:Si>2o
D.Willia-D7 13
F.Bollin-A1 A2:F/8 B2:P/6 C2:K D2:K
D.Gerner-D2
D.Blasin-D3
M.Mantle-A1 A3:G/13 *4*:G/43 *6*:HR>b# *8*:K
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:G/13 B4:W>b1 C4:FO/4 D4:F/8
J.Piersa-C7
G.Hodges-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:K C5:F/7 D5:Do
E.Bailey-A1 A6:G/31 B6:Si>12 C6:K D6:G/13
K.Boyer-A1 A7:G/63 B7:Force/ *7*:K
54>1o b1
J.Logan-A1 *3*:K *5*:G/53 C8:Si
F.Lary-A1 A9:F/7 B9:Si C9:Si>12